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Schaffhauser, Dian – Campus Technology, 2012
Half of servers in higher ed are virtualized. But that number's not high enough for Link Alander, interim vice chancellor and CIO at the Lone Star College System (Texas). He aspires to see 100 percent of the system's infrastructure requirements delivered as IT services from its own virtualized data centers or other cloud-based operators. Back in…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Technology Planning, Best Practices, Technology Uses in Education
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Grajek, Susan – EDUCAUSE Review, 2012
In 2011, "EDUCAUSE" appointed a research panel of IT leaders from nineteen representative member institutions to both identify and prioritize the top IT issues facing their institutions. In two focus group sessions in September and October 2011, the panel members were asked the question: "What is the single-biggest IT-related issue currently…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Focus Groups, Information Technology, Technology Planning
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Peck, Craig; Mullen, Carol A.; Lashley, Carl; Eldridge, John A. – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2011
In this evidence-based practice article the authors investigate the challenges that leaders (administrators, staff, and teachers) face in high schools where personnel navigate technology reform. We studied an American comprehensive high school within a large school district in southeastern United States. School administrators and teachers faced…
Descriptors: High Schools, Teaching Methods, Technology Education, Technology Planning
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Rockinson-Szapkiw, Amanda J. – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2012
As higher education institutions enter the intense competition of the rapidly growing global marketplace of online education, the leaders within these institutions are challenged to identify factors critical for developing and for maintaining effective online courses. Computer-mediated communication (CMC) systems are considered critical to…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Online Courses, Performance Factors, Performance Technology
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Echeverria, Alejandro; Nussbaum, Miguel; Calderon, Juan Felipe; Bravo, Claudio; Infante, Cristian; Vasquez, Andrea – Interactive Learning Environments, 2011
The use of handheld computers in educational contexts has increased considerably in recent years and their value as a teaching tool has been confirmed by many positive experiences, particular within collaborative learning systems (Mobile Computer Supported Collaborative Learning [MCSCL]). The cost of the devices has hindered widespread use in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Physics, Technology Uses in Education, Courseware
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Lunsford, Dale L. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2009
Information systems educators must balance the need to protect the stability, availability, and security of computer laboratories with the learning objectives of various courses. In advanced courses where students need to install, configure, and otherwise manipulate application and operating system settings, this is especially problematic as these…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Workstations, Information Systems, Science Process Skills
Allen, Janine Cybil-Melissa – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Despite available training in technology resources in the district under study, teachers have indicated that they lack an understanding of how to integrate technology effectively in the classroom. Through analysis of survey data, an archival technology plan document, a focus group with teachers and interviews with principals, this dissertation…
Descriptors: Technology Planning, Action Research, Needs Assessment, Focus Groups
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2006
True excellence in technology implementation emerges when IT, administrative, and academic leaders link IT to mission-critical institutional objectives, investing in hardware and software to serve an explicit purpose and a distinct population of users. This article illustrates that at public institutions of higher education in New Hampshire as…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Critical Thinking, Appropriate Technology, Influence of Technology
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2006
Across the U.S., a growing number of schools are turning to ePortfolio assessment technologies to help them monitor and evaluate student progress in a variety of disciplines--and to help them and their students do even more. Across the board, educators report that their ePortfolio efforts have revolutionized the learning process, and the…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment, Student Evaluation, Computer Assisted Testing
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Jones, Greg; Kalinowski, Kevin – Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2006
The integration of video games in the classroom continues to be a topic for educators and researchers alike. Yet despite the dialogue, widespread integration of this technology has yet to occur. To help remedy this situation, Greg Jones and Kevin Kalinowski propose the establishment of an online, open community designated to explore and develop…
Descriptors: Video Games, Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2006
October is national Cyber Security Awareness Month, and for the world of higher education, that means it is time to take a look at defense systems and plan for the future. Clearly, more planning is needed now than ever before. According to the majority of IT market research firms, phishing and identity theft have leapfrogged spam and spyware as…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Campuses, Computer Security, Human Factors Engineering
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Sanders, Robert – Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2006
For all the value that a virtual world can bring to teaching and learning, there are potentially negative consequences that must not be ignored when considering the role of technology in education. In his commentary, Robert Sanders draws upon a 1909 short story by E.M. Forster ("The Machine Stops") as well as his own experience with students to…
Descriptors: Interaction, Educational Technology, Role Perception, Influence of Technology
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Downes, Stephen – College Quarterly, 2004
The evolution of a new technology passes through two distinct stages. In the first stage, the technology may be seen as a new way of doing an old thing. In the second stage, however, the new technology went beyond the mere replication of an earlier technology. In the field of learning, a very similar evolution is taking place. The introduction of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Classrooms, Electronic Learning, Influence of Technology
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Cohn, Ellen R.; Hibbitts, Bernard J. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2004
The electronic portfolio (e-portfolio) is higher education's new "got to have it" tool--the show-and-tell platform of the millennium. Hundreds of academic institutions are variously studying, using, or innovating e-portfolio systems. Indeed, the current e-portfolio movement is spawning new university committees; on-campus training modules, books,…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Models, Internet, Technology Uses in Education
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Mullen, Carol A.; Kealy, William A.; Sullivan, Ashley – Journal of School Public Relations, 2004
This article addresses an important need--the dissemination of information relating to technology as a public relations tool--and the associated exigency for administrator and teacher technology training. Specifically, we identify the increased expectations for the performance of school leaders and teachers, as well as unresolved issues in public…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Public Relations, Educational Change, National Standards
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